Porgy and Bess (1993)
1993 · 3h 4m · Music, Drama
Genres: Music, Drama
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Director: Trevor Nunn
Writers: DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward
Music by: George Gershwin, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cinematography: Chris Townsend
Editor: St. John O'Rorke
Cast
Willard White as PorgyCynthia Haymon as BessGregg Baker as CrownCynthia Clarey as SerenaMarietta Simpson as MariaDamon Evans as Sportin' LifePaula Ingram as Clara / Annie (singing voice)Gordon Hawkins as JakeD. Alonzo Washington as RobbinsMervin Wallace as PeterBarrington Coleman as MingoWilliam B. Johnson as FrazierMore like this
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